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CCC Year 11 RE - Unit One Module 02

Terms in this set (10)

Religious Belief
A conviction about an idea central to a religion that expresses a religious truth offering insights and understandings about life.
Religious Teaching
An official statement of a religious belief that guides and informs how people respond to religious faith.
Religious Practice
A recognised way of doing something religious, often using religious signs, symbols and rituals.
Religious Signs and Symbols
Objects that point to or represent deeper realities that are difficult to communicate and comprehend.
Religious Rituals
Symbolic actions, gestures and words that express and promote what is important about faith, usually repeated and taking place during important celebrations.
Religious events and celebration
Special times when religious communities join together in worship and prayer usually at a set time and place.
Secularism
A view that promotes societal ideas or values over religious ways of thought. It promotes freedom from religious rule and teachings, freedom from government imposition of religion upon the people and gives no state privileges or subsidies to religions.
Atheism
A view where people do not believe there is a God or live as though there is no God
Agnosticism
A view where people are uncertain about the existence of God or people's ability to know if God exists.
Humanism
The understanding that the world itself and human beings reveal all. Human reason is the foundation for every situation and action in the world.
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